Album book-stand.



G. POLVBRINO.

STAND.

UE'LIGA'IXON FILED 0GT.5,1911.

ALBUM BOOK 'Patent-ea Feb. 13,1912.

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G. POLVERINO.

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G. POLVBRINO. ALBUM BOOK STAND.- APPLIGATIOH FILED 00T, 5, 1911.

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lGIUSEPPE POLVERIO, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ALBUM BooK-STAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 13, 1912.-

Appneatien mea oeieber 5, 1911. sei-rei ne. 653,031.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GIUSEPPE PoLvEiiiNo,

a subject ofthe King of Italy. residing at New York.v in tlieooiinty of New York'and State of New York7 have invented vcertain new and useful Improvements in Album Book-Stands; and I do declare the tollowing -to be a full, clear. and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine.

Thisinventioii relates to turniture. and more especiallyY to book holders; and the object of the same is to produce a bz1se-supy ported rotary book-stand, ,associated ivitli other -features which make the article ot' furniture ornamental and usetul, as for inl stance lights by meansv of' which the pages lfio of the booksor albums can be seen.

To this end the invention consists in the. general combination ot instrumentalities hereinafter more fully described, and -partieularly in the details of construction of the book holder" whereby it may be bodily ro- 'i tated upon its support .so that a user who sitting'ean turn the device at will.

The whole is set forth in detail in the following specification and shown in the aecompanying drawings wherein- Figure 1 is aside elevation and Fig. 2 an edge elevation of this device complete; Fig. 3 is an enlarged central vertical seetion through the base showing more clearly the details of construction of the rotating mechanism, and Fig. 4 is a cross section on the. line 4 4 of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is an enlarged horizontal section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2; Fig. 6 is an enlarged vertical section through the support; Fig. 7 is a plan view and Fig. 8 a horizontal section through one of the books or albums; Fig. 9 is an enlarged sectional detail of the detachable upper Ahinge for one ot said albums; Figs. l0 and 11 are details. the former taken 'on the line 10-10 of Fig. 11, and the latter 4taken on the line ll-ll ot Fig. l0; Fig. l2 isa sec.- tional detail of the catch 76 to be referred to hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings the letter S designates a support which inthe present instance is a stand although it might be some other member, B is a base'resting thereon. R is the rotating mechanism for the book-holder H which latter inc/liides'an upper hinge U' and the lowerhinge L and the necessary adjunets, and E designates broadly1 the lighting system. The details of all these various parts will be explained to an extent necessaryto bring out the spe cie featuresof the invention.

The support S (see Figs. 1, 2 and 6) is here shown as a table whose top l is mounted on legs 2 and pierced .with a hole "3' for passage of the light-supplying mechanism. vBeneath said top l in the present instance are shown drawers 4 and beneath them in turn a special drawer 5 sliding on guides 6 and having a catch 7, this drawer here illustrated as containing a battery 8 whi'eh is a series of dry cells` from which the. wires .9 lead up through the hole 3 and eventually reach the lights E at the top of the device although gas might be admitted through a hose l() and passed upward through a pipe 11 to gas burners. or inJ fac't both electric and lgas light might be employed. The lighting system E is disposed at -the top ot the entire device and .it iiiay be of any suitable description. -but l consider it particularly useful with a boolcholdcr because its lightssliine upon the leaves of the books or the pictures in the albums.

The base 'B is superimposed upon the support S. and in the present instance consists of a body 15 mounted on feet 16, the body having a central upright opening or bore 17 Jfor the passage of the devices which supply the light; and by preference this base is iiiade rather heavy so that. whether resting on a taule top or upon a fioor asit might in some cases. it will `reliably support .the book-holding mechanism and rotating mechanism yet. to be described and lwill not be likely to be tipped over. e

The book lioldci ll comprises a hollow lilo-ck mounted icvolublv upon thc base B and containing the rotating mechanism ll.

the lower hinges l] carried b v said block. and.

a standard rising from the latter and 'supporting the upper hinges ll; and by preterence these parts arc ot the. following specific description. The block 20 may be rcctangu lai' in configuration and its lower poi-tion is made hollow so as to contain the metallic casing 2l best seeiijn Fig.- 3, and upward through the ccntcr ot this casing passes a tube Q2 which rotates around the central spindle that iii tlicpreseiit instance is the pipe 11. At. opposite sides said block by preference carries brackets 23 on which are mounted loops 24 having sott buttons or heads 25 attheir outer ends for a purpose to appear below, the loops preferably crossing each other under a set screw 26 so that they may be set at any anglefas desired. rlhe brackets may also contain immovable heads 27 on their various sides which are also sott. From the center of said block 20 rises the tubular standard '28 through which the pipe 1l projects, and this standard at its upper end carries an ornamental head 29 which forms the support for the chan' delier containin g the lights and is here illustrated as also carrying a thermometer, a clock, and picture iframes for portraits or the like. seen in Fig. 3 is located almost entirely within the casing 2l of said block 20.

The numeral 30 designates a plate having at its center a hole 3l `which loosely incloses the tube 22 and is pivoted thereto at opposite sidesas seen at 32 in Fig. 4, and on opposite sides this plate has rigid arms 33 which are of like construction. Rising` from each arm is an ear 34 in which is pivoted a lever 35 whose outer end is held normally raised by a spring 36 and Whose outer eX- trcniity projects through a slot 37 in the easing 2l and carries a thumb piece 3S, while `its inner extremity carries a pin 39 which 4extends down through the arm 30, through a hele 40 in the bottom of the casing 2l, and is adapted to take into a second hole 4l in -a plate 42 which is fixed upon `the top 43 of the 'base B. The .construction being duplicated at the opposite side of the center, as seen in Fig. 3, when one thumb piece 38 is depressed and the lever turned von its pvotagainst the tension of its spring 36, the first result is that its .pin 39 is raised out of the hole 41 and later out of the hole 40, and the secondaction is that the furtherv ldepression of the thumb piece causes this I arm 33 to descend and the plate 30 to turn on the pivots 32 so that the arm and pin at the other side ot the center are raised and therefore both pins 39 disengage the holes 4l in the 4plate 42. Secured to the bottom of thecasing 21 around the tube 22 is a gear-wheel 44, and journaled in bearings 45 beneath the top 43 of the base B is a radial shaft 4G having a gear wheel 47 at its inner end engaging that numbered 44, and having a knob or handle 48 at its outer end by means of which this shaft may be rotated. Obviously its rotation is transmitted through .the intermeshing gears to the block 20 so that the latter and with it i the standard and all parts carried thereby are rotated relatively to the fixed base., In

the drawings I have illustrated two such 'shaft 46 with'knobs 48, and it is quite obvious that the base could be supplied with This rotating mechanismipermits the user to take a seat at one side of the entire device, in

spect the book oralbum nearest him as the The rotating mechanism R best rormeo of ordinary size, but it will be clear that it could be built on a much larger scale so that there would be quite a number oit book holders and books; and it there were several. shafts 4b and knobs 4S there would be a corresponding number yoit points where the several spectators could be locatechand they might all use the device sinmltancously. l might here say also that the book holders are duplicates of each other, l will describe but one.

The lower hinge Lbest seen in F 3 and 5 comprises a metallic bracket 59 secured. as at 5l upon the top ot the block 20 or to some part of the rotating mechanism and having two outwardly projecting arms and connected at their outer ends at 54 into the form oi" a loop whose upper side consisting of the arm 52 stands preferably about horizontal and whose lower side consisting ot the arm 53 may incline upward and outward a little as seen in Fig. 3. Both arms are longitudinally slotted as at 55, and through the slots extends a pin 56 which may be a projection of the pintle ofthe lower hinge 57 which holds together two halves of an album 58 as best seen in Fig. l, and said pin has a shoulder 59 resting on the upper arm 52 as best seen in Fig. 3. The lower end of the pin projects downward through the loop and extends through the lower slot as here shown, and between the arms 52 and 53 this pin passes through a plate G0 which slides on the lower arm 53 and itself has a screw 6l whose shank projects through the slot in the lower arm and carries a thumb nut 62 at its lower extremity. It is obvious thatby loosening this nut upon the screw 6l, the entire plate 60 and with itV the pin 56 can be moved outward or inward along the bracket 50 as will be clear by an inspection of Fig. 2) so that the angle of the book or album can be adjusted to suit the need of the spectator or user. The upper hinge U best illustrated in Fig. 9 consists of a .socket G5 which may well be formed 'as an extension of the pintle of the upper hinge. 6G between the two halves of an album as described, and a' spring-actuated bolt`67 mounted in a casing 68 carried by the head 29 and having a handle G9 by which it may be retracted or elevated to disengage its tip from the socket (l5. Obviously the projecting tip of'this bolt 67 should rather loosely engage the socket so that when the lower hinge is adjusted outward or inward along -the bracket 50 the upper hinge can rock to the degree necessary and meanwhile either or both leaves ot an album or all the leaves ot a book -may be turned over on these two hinges in a manner which will bevclear. It the book carried by this device be of the ordinary type the upper and lower hinges above referred to will be secured to its back or to some part to which the back of the book is attached; but ordinarily I prefer to employ albums as has been suggested, and one ot' these is shown in Figs. 7 and 8 with its hinges in Figs. 10 and l1. Said album will be made in two halves 70, each having a group ot' leaves 71 (here shown as framesv for containing photographs and the like), and the leaves will be hinged to each other as shown at 72 and the entire group of leaves hinged within this halt ot' the album as shown at 73. Thus when the two halves of the album are opened as seen in Fig. 7, all of the leaves 7l in one group or bank may be turned around their communicating hinges '72 illustrated in this view; and atte-r the pictures on these leaves have been ins iected'. the leaves may be again A a:

housed in this halt of the album as seenjn Fig. 8 and the pictures on the leaves in the other group inspected. Thereafter the two halves may be closed (see the album at the left of Fig. and latched together" atv their outer edges by the latch 77 best seen in\F ig. 8. For holding all the'leaves in one group or bank the catch 7G may be employed as seen in Fig. 1Q. These and' other details will not need lfurther amplification in the present specification, andreserve the right` to make such changes therein as willnot departfrom the gist ot my invention.. 'I`helat, ter, as will be clear, ,consists principally ot a base and standard supjiorting a lighting system, a book-holder comprising` upper and lower special hinges and a block carrying the holder and rotatably mounted upon the standard or. upon some part thereot,.and rotating mechanism between said hook holderl and thebase whereby the former may be turned by the' userv or spectator. The other details of construction are used by preference in conjunction with the principal features of this invention; for instance, it may be -well to provide the table top with a special drawer for the electric storage battery 8 at places where thc ordinary city current will'not be supplied to the electric bulbs, and

' it maybe well also to feed gas through a rubber hose l0 which can-lead from the city gas service pipes if convenient or from any other source of gas supply.

What is claimed as new is:

1. In a book stand, the combination with a .series of book holders, a hollow block on which they are supported, and a central upright within the block, the bottom of the latter having a series of holes around the upright; of .a base upon which'the block 'is rotatably mounted, its top having a series of holes concentric with those in the bottom of vthe block, a plate supported by said standard so as to rock thereon, a' plurality, of arms each arm a spring-actuated catch having at one end a pin adapted to engage said holes when they register and at. its'other end a thumb piece projecting to the exterior of the block, for the purpose set forth. I

2. In a book stand, the combination with a plurality ot book holders, a yblock upon which they are supported, and a' base upon which the block is rotatably mounted; of the gear wheel secure-d' to said block, a shaft journaled iu the hase, a gear-wheel fast on the inner end ot the shaft and meshing with that on the bloclga knob at the outer end of the shaft. a plate carried bythel block andthe latter and the top of the base having a.'

series ot' holes adaptcdto register, and a plurality ot sjning-.actuated catches disposed within the hollow rbody of the block and each having a pin Aadapted to engage said holes vwhen they register and a thumb pieee'pro- 70 projecting vradially from said plate, anden jeeting to the exterior ot the block, for the i purpose set forth.-

4. In a book stand, the'combmatio with a are n'iounted, a hollow casing within the block, an upright tube through the casing, the latter having va series ot holes in its bottom, a'base whose top plate has a series of holes adapted to register with those just mentioned, and an upright through the center ot said base and passing loosely through said tube; of means in its base for rotating the block by hand, a plate within said casing havingl a hole loosely surrounding said tube Vand pi'voted atopposite sides thereto, arms v series ot book-holders a block on which t-hey projecting oppositiely from said plate at` right angles to its pivot,vand on each-arm a -spring catch having at one end ia pin adapted to engage said holes when they register, and a projecting thumb piece forthe purpose set forth. I l.

In a book stand, the combination with a series of book holders, a, block on which they are mounted, a hollow casing within the block, an Uprighttube through the casing, the latter having a seriesof holes in its bottom, a hase whose top plate'has series of holesv adapted to register withI those just 'ot holes adaj mentionecl, and an upright through the center ot' said base and passing loosely t-llrough said tube; of means in its base for rotating the bloelt by hand, a plate within said easing hayinga hole loosely7 surrounding said tube and pivoted at opposite sides thereto, arms projeeting' radially from said plate at right angles to its pivots and each having a perforation, an ear on eaeh arm., a 'lever pivoted between its etuis to said ear, a pm connected to its inner extremity and passing through said perforation and adapted to engage said holes when they register, an expansive )ring between the arm and the outer end et" said leyjer. and a thumb pieee at the outer extremity oit the lever projecting through a slot in the outer wall ot' the casing.

6. ln a bool: sjand, the comliiination with a series oi booh holders, a block on which they are n'\.;-un,ied,'a hollow casing' within the bloeit, an 'apri ht tube tlnouu'h the casing, the latte haring a series of holes in its bottom, .a base whose top plate has a series 'l to register with 4those just mentioned, anev an upright tln'oug'h the eenter of said base and passing loosely through said tube: ot meu; in its hase tor rota tiner the bloelr by hand, plate Within said easingA having' a hole loosely stnrouridine: said tube and pivoted at opposite sides thereto, arms projecting from said plate at right angles to its pivots and eaeh 'haring a perforation above said series of registering holes, pins passing' downward through the -latter and adapted to enr'z'rge said holes when they register, and rock levers mounted on the arms and each connected at` its inner end with one ot said pins and having at its outer end a thumb piece projecting outside said easing` whereby the depression of one tlnnnb piece will roel; its lever to baisel its pin and then rock said plate on its pivots to elevate the opposite arm and thereby raise its lever andA pin.

7. The herein described rotating meeha nism for the purpose set forth comprising' a xed base having a central upright, a plurality of radial shafts journaled in said base, gear wheels at their inner ends and knobs at their outer ends, a top plate on the base having' a series of holes around said up right: ot a bleek having a.' Central upright tube journaled around the upright and its bottom provided with a series of holes registering with those in said plate,.a gear Wheel secured around said tube and meshing with the `gears at the inner ends ot' said shafts, a

vseries of latches carried by the bloelr and each having a pin adapted to engage a pair ot said holes when they resister and a thumb Leimen piece at its projecting outer end, and oonneetions between said latches whereby the movement of one to disengage its pin from a pair of registering lholes simultaneously moves those remaining so as to produce the same result.

8. A book holder comprising a supporting member having' a standard rising therefrom and earrjirngY a head; an upper member including a hinge to whose leaves the book is attaeheth a socket on its pintl e, and a springactnatcd bolt on said head loosely engaging said socket; and the lower member consisting ot a hinge whose leaves are attached to the book, a pin projectingdownwardly from.

n'its pintle, a bracket Acarried by said supporting' member and having' a slot in which the pin mounted, and means for adjustingl the position of the pin therein.

9. A book' holder comprising' a supporting member having' a standard. rising' therefrom and carrying a head; an upper member includinfr a hinge to whose leaves the. book is attached, a socket on its pintle, and a springactuated bolt on said head loosely engaging said socket; and the lower member consisting' ol' a hinge 'whose leaves are attached to the book` a pin projecting` downwardly from its pintle, a braeltet carried by said support ing' member and having a slot in wl1ieh the pin is mounted, a plate haring a hole through which said pin projects, the plate resting' on said bracket, a screw carried by the plate and projecting' through the slot therein, and a thumb nut on said s crew.

l0. book holder comprising' a supporting' member haring' ay standard rising` theretrom and carrying' a head; an upper member including` a hinge to whose leaves the book is attached, a. socket on its pintle, and a springactuated bolt on said head loosely engaging said socket.; and the lower member consisting ot a hinge whose'leayes are attached to the book, a pin projectingT downward from its pintle, a loop-shaped bracket carried byl for permitting the adjustment ofthe posiy tion of the pin in thebloek thereof.

In testimony whereot' l have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing' witnesses.

f GUSEPPE PQLVERINO.

'llVitnesses .losnrn D. Amena,

y CinsuonALo Nirronr. 

